RACINE — When Johnson Financial Group CEO and President
Thomas M. Bolger retires Jan. 1, James R. Popp will take
over the role. Popp is currently president of Johnson
Bank. Johnson Financial Group Chairwoman Helen Johnson Leipold made the announcement about the leadership
change Monday in a message to the company’s 1,200
associates.

Thomas M. BolgerSubmitted photo

The
Racine-based company also announced that Popp has been
appointed president of Johnson Financial Group effective
immediately. A resident of Mequon, Popp is active in and
sits on the boards of various organizations in the
region, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Milwaukee, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association for
Commerce, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Greater
Milwaukee Committee.

Popp joined Johnson Bank in May of this year following a
nearly three-decade career with the New York City-based
banking and financial services firm JP Morgan Chase.
During his time with JPMC, he was the president of Chase
in Wisconsin and Minnesota and the managing director for
Chase Middle Market Banking in Wisconsin.